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A few minutes ago, I was getting ready to eat a delicious apple snack. As I was squeezing the almond butter out of its packet onto my plate, the corner of the packet poked my thumb….directly into a blister spot! Ummmm OUCH! “Dang, that was rude,” I muttered to myself. And then I stopped. A […]

What do you LOVE? This is a vitally important question. Your life satisfaction…fulfillment…even your happiness depends on you knowing the answer to this question. What you LOVE is deeper than people, too, the ones you spend time with (spouses, kids, coworkers) because you are alone sometimes, but ALWAYS with yourself. What you LOVE is deep […]

Physician Larry Dossey coined the term “time sickness.” He describes how, even when stressful conditions are reduced or eliminated, people still continue to race against the clock. It’s a learned habit, to be always on, to be always producing, to feel as if an invisible hand is creating pressure to DO. Instead, the right answer […]

If you’re NOT looking forward to the weekend because you (1) have nothing genuinely fun planned or (2) all you have planned is work… Let me say it clearly: life is too darned short to grind yourself down to dust working too hard, too long, and especially working hard in a way that is sucking […]

We can look without seeing. We can listen without hearing. So much can be right in front of us, but we’re habitually moving too fast to notice. I led some beautiful Souls in a three-hour Forest Therapy walk recently. I felt us drop in. I felt the Forest respond. Our nervous systems calmed down. Our […]

My friend Scott Perry reminded me yesterday, “Less is more. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.” There’s a beautiful kayaking metaphor in there that I won’t dip into right now. AND – there’s a huge LIFE and BUSINESS lesson here. When we:overworkovergiveoverdooverdriveoverspendoverthinkoverlearnovereatoverplayevenover rest It’s too much. Boyd Varty has shared this example: The Truth: […]